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Fantasy baseball starts/sits advice for all starting pitcher matchups for September 2 - September 8 (2024). Set optimal lineups with Nick's start/sit recommendations.
The fantasy baseball season is a long one. Yet, here we are, hitting the month of September, which means it's time for a home-stretch edition of our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 24 -- Monday, September 2 through Sunday, September 8. Expect plenty of movement as rosters expand and teams look to get youngsters their cup of coffee and perhaps rest up others. Keep it locked here for all start/sit calls and potential two-start options for your lineups.
For 12 years running, we have been writing this Starting Pitcher Starts and Sits series every week here at RotoBaller. I'm Nick Mariano, your guide through the 2024 season. All sorts of firepower and TLC go into providing this piece each week. We get tons of great feedback on it every year.
If you're new here, read below to catch up on the aim of this piece and how best to use it. Best of luck with your fantasy baseball starting pitcher lineup decisions. Let's jump in!
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Start/Sit Data Overview
Ahead of each week of the fantasy baseball season, we publish the table below. We have the probable starters for every game of the week and a grade for them on a 0-100 scale. The intent is to give you advice and to inspire some confidence (or lack thereof) in your decisions to start or sit certain pitchers.
Please note that beyond the usual "Start" and "Sit" labels, there is a third category called "context-dependent." This is because different leagues call for different actions, and those in start-sit purgatory may be worth the gamble to some.
Also, we put the arms best projected to start or get bulk innings or actionable arms who may return from the injured list or be called up, but some situations are fluid, and we update ASAP to reflect accurate information. September will bring another level to the chaos.
The "starts" category includes pitchers you'd likely start in every league. The "sits" are pitchers that you likely sit in every league. The "context-dependent" means it is close, and it's up to you to decide based on your league settings or team needs (wins, strikeouts, etc.) how deep your league is, which roto/points categories are scored, and so on. Let's get to it!
Here are your starts and sits for what we're calling Week 24 of the fantasy season, which covers September 2 through September 8.
Week 24 Start/Sit Recommendations (September 2 - September 8)
Updated start/sit recommendations for this week's MLB games. This chart is updated daily as probable starters are constantly changing with postponements, injuries, etc. Scroll down further for a color-coded chart. If you can't see the chart below, click here to see the starts/sits on a separate page:
| Date | Game | Team | Pitcher | Grade | Start/Sit | 2 Starts |
| 9/2 | STL@MIL | STL | Andre Pallante | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/2 | STL@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | CHW@BAL | CHW | Chris Flexen | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 9/2 | CHW@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/2 | HOU@CIN | HOU | Justin Verlander | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | HOU@CIN | CIN | Julian Aguiar | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 9/2 | CLE@KC | CLE | Gavin Williams | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | CLE@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/2 | LAD@ARI | LAD | Jack Flaherty | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/2 | LAD@ARI | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/2 | DET@SD | DET | Ty Madden | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 9/2 | DET@SD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/2 | MIN@TB | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | MIN@TB | TB | Zack Littell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | SEA@OAK | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 85 | START | Y |
| 9/2 | SEA@OAK | OAK | Osvaldo Bido | 70 | START | N |
| 9/2 | BOS@NYM | BOS | Brayan Bello | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | BOS@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Jared Jones | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/2 | NYY@TEX | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/2 | NYY@TEX | TEX | Jack Leiter | 20 | SIT | Y |
| 9/3 | CHW@BAL | CHW | Nick Nastrini | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/3 | CHW@BAL | BAL | Cade Povich | 65 | START | N |
| 9/3 | WAS@MIA | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/3 | WAS@MIA | MIA | Max Meyer | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/3 | MIN@TB | MIN | David Festa | 70 | START | N |
| 9/3 | MIN@TB | TB | Jeffrey Springs | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/3 | PHI@TOR | PHI | Tyler Phillips | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/3 | PHI@TOR | TOR | Chris Bassitt | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/3 | BOS@NYM | BOS | Kutter Crawford | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/3 | BOS@NYM | NYM | David Peterson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/3 | COL@ATL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/3 | COL@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 90 | START | Y |
| 9/3 | CLE@KC | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/3 | CLE@KC | KC | Brady Singer | 65 | START | N |
| 9/3 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Paul Skenes | 65 | START | N |
| 9/3 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Kyle Hendricks | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/3 | STL@MIL | STL | Steven Matz | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/3 | STL@MIL | MIL | Aaron Civale | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/3 | NYY@TEX | NYY | Carlos Rodon | 70 | START | N |
| 9/3 | NYY@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/3 | LAD@LAA | LAD | Walker Buehler | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/3 | LAD@LAA | LAA | Reid Detmers | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/3 | SEA@OAK | SEA | Luis Castillo | 80 | START | Y |
| 9/3 | SEA@OAK | OAK | J.T. Ginn | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/3 | ARI@SF | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/3 | ARI@SF | SF | Kyle Harrison | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | PHI@TOR | PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | PHI@TOR | TOR | Bowden Francis | 75 | START | N |
| 9/4 | CHW@BAL | CHW | Jonathan Cannon | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | CHW@BAL | BAL | Albert Suarez | 70 | START | N |
| 9/4 | HOU@CIN | HOU | Spencer Arrighetti | 75 | START | N |
| 9/4 | HOU@CIN | CIN | Nick Martinez | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | WAS@MIA | WAS | MacKenzie Gore | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | WAS@MIA | MIA | Valente Bellozo | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | MIN@TB | MIN | Louie Varland | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | MIN@TB | TB | Tyler Alexander | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | BOS@NYM | BOS | Tanner Houck | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | BOS@NYM | NYM | Tylor Megill | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | COL@ATL | COL | Bradley Blalock | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | COL@ATL | ATL | Charlie Morton | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | CLE@KC | CLE | Ben Lively | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | CLE@KC | KC | Seth Lugo | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | PIT@CHC | PIT | Domingo German | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | PIT@CHC | CHC | Shota Imanaga | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | STL@MIL | STL | Sonny Gray | 65 | START | N |
| 9/4 | STL@MIL | MIL | Colin Rea | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | NYY@TEX | NYY | Marcus Stroman | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | NYY@TEX | TEX | Nathan Eovaldi | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | LAD@LAA | LAD | Bobby Miller | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | LAD@LAA | LAA | Griffin Canning | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | DET@SD | DET | Keider Montero | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/4 | DET@SD | SD | Yu Darvish | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/4 | SEA@OAK | SEA | George Kirby | 75 | START | N |
| 9/4 | SEA@OAK | OAK | JP Sears | 70 | START | N |
| 9/4 | ARI@SF | ARI | Zac Gallen | 70 | START | N |
| 9/4 | ARI@SF | SF | Hayden Birdsong | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | HOU@CIN | HOU | Hunter Brown | 70 | START | N |
| 9/5 | HOU@CIN | CIN | Rhett Lowder | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | MIN@TB | MIN | Pablo Lopez | 70 | START | N |
| 9/5 | MIN@TB | TB | Taj Bradley | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | SEA@OAK | SEA | Bryan Woo | 75 | START | N |
| 9/5 | SEA@OAK | OAK | Joey Estes | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/5 | ARI@SF | ARI | Merrill Kelly | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/5 | ARI@SF | SF | Blake Snell | 70 | START | N |
| 9/5 | WAS@PIT | WAS | Jake Irvin | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | WAS@PIT | PIT | Bailey Falter | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/5 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Ranger Suarez | 75 | START | N |
| 9/5 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Adam Oller | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | COL@ATL | COL | Austin Gomber | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | COL@ATL | ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | 80 | START | N |
| 9/5 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Cody Bradford | 70 | START | N |
| 9/5 | DET@SD | DET | Casey Mize | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/5 | DET@SD | SD | Martin Perez | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | NYY@CHC | NYY | Luis Gil | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | NYY@CHC | CHC | Javier Assad | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | COL@MIL | COL | Ryan Feltner | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | COL@MIL | MIL | Frankie Montas | 65 | START | N |
| 9/6 | TB@BAL | TB | Shane Baz | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | TB@BAL | BAL | Dean Kremer | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | CIN@NYM | CIN | Brandon Williamson | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | CIN@NYM | NYM | Sean Manaea | 65 | START | N |
| 9/6 | CHW@BOS | CHW | Davis Martin | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | CHW@BOS | BOS | Nick Pivetta | 65 | START | N |
| 9/6 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Zack Wheeler | 85 | START | N |
| 9/6 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Austin Kitchen | 10 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | TOR@ATL | TOR | Kevin Gausman | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | TOR@ATL | ATL | Max Fried | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Samuel Aldegheri | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Gerson Garabito | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | ARI@HOU | ARI | Brandon Pfaadt | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | ARI@HOU | HOU | Framber Valdez | 65 | START | N |
| 9/6 | MIN@KC | MIN | Zebby Matthews | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | MIN@KC | KC | Cole Ragans | 70 | START | N |
| 9/6 | SEA@STL | SEA | Bryce Miller | 70 | START | N |
| 9/6 | SEA@STL | STL | Erick Fedde | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | DET@OAK | DET | Tarik Skubal | 85 | START | N |
| 9/6 | DET@OAK | OAK | Mitch Spence | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/6 | SF@SD | SF | Mason Black | 15 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | SF@SD | SD | Michael King | 75 | START | N |
| 9/6 | CLE@LAD | CLE | Matthew Boyd | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/6 | CLE@LAD | LAD | Landon Knack | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | WAS@PIT | WAS | DJ Herz | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | WAS@PIT | PIT | Luis L. Ortiz | 35 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | WAS@PIT | WAS | Mitchell Parker | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | WAS@PIT | PIT | Mitch Keller | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | NYY@CHC | NYY | Clarke Schmidt | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | NYY@CHC | CHC | Jordan Wicks | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | TB@BAL | TB | Ryan Pepiot | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | TB@BAL | BAL | Zach Eflin | 70 | START | N |
| 9/7 | DET@OAK | DET | Brant Hurter | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | DET@OAK | OAK | Brady Basso | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | ARI@HOU | ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/7 | ARI@HOU | HOU | Yusei Kikuchi | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | CIN@NYM | CIN | Jakob Junis | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | CIN@NYM | NYM | Jose Quintana | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Aaron Nola | 70 | START | N |
| 9/7 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Darren McCaughan | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Tyler Anderson | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Jack Leiter | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/7 | COL@MIL | COL | Ty Blach | 15 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | COL@MIL | MIL | Tobias Myers | 70 | START | N |
| 9/7 | SEA@STL | SEA | Logan Gilbert | 80 | START | Y |
| 9/7 | SEA@STL | STL | Kyle Gibson | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | MIN@KC | MIN | Bailey Ober | 65 | START | N |
| 9/7 | MIN@KC | KC | Alec Marsh | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/7 | CHW@BOS | CHW | Garrett Crochet | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | CHW@BOS | BOS | Cooper Criswell | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | TOR@ATL | TOR | Jose Berrios | 55 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/7 | TOR@ATL | ATL | Spencer Schwellenbach | 65 | START | N |
| 9/7 | SF@SD | SF | Logan Webb | 65 | START | N |
| 9/7 | SF@SD | SD | Dylan Cease | 85 | START | N |
| 9/7 | CLE@LAD | CLE | Gavin Williams | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/7 | CLE@LAD | LAD | Justin Wrobleski | 25 | SIT | N |
| 9/8 | TB@BAL | TB | Zack Littell | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | TB@BAL | BAL | Corbin Burnes | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | WAS@PIT | WAS | Patrick Corbin | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | WAS@PIT | PIT | Jared Jones | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | TOR@ATL | TOR | Yariel Rodriguez | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/8 | TOR@ATL | ATL | Chris Sale | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | CHW@BOS | CHW | Chris Flexen | 25 | SIT | Y |
| 9/8 | CHW@BOS | BOS | Richard Fitts | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/8 | CIN@NYM | CIN | Julian Aguiar | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/8 | CIN@NYM | NYM | Luis Severino | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | PHI@MIA | PHI | Seth Johnson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/8 | PHI@MIA | MIA | Edward Cabrera | 30 | SIT | N |
| 9/8 | MIN@KC | MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | MIN@KC | KC | Michael Wacha | 60 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | COL@MIL | COL | Kyle Freeland | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/8 | COL@MIL | MIL | Freddy Peralta | 70 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | SEA@STL | SEA | Luis Castillo | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | SEA@STL | STL | Miles Mikolas | 50 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/8 | NYY@CHC | NYY | Gerrit Cole | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | NYY@CHC | CHC | Jameson Taillon | 35 | SIT | Y |
| 9/8 | LAA@TEX | LAA | Caden Dana | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | N |
| 9/8 | LAA@TEX | TEX | Andrew Heaney | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | DET@OAK | DET | Ty Madden | 30 | SIT | Y |
| 9/8 | DET@OAK | OAK | J.T. Ginn | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | CLE@LAD | CLE | Tanner Bibee | 45 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
| 9/8 | CLE@LAD | LAD | Jack Flaherty | 75 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | SF@SD | SF | Tristan Beck | 20 | SIT | N |
| 9/8 | SF@SD | SD | Joe Musgrove | 90 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | ARI@HOU | ARI | Ryne Nelson | 65 | START | Y |
| 9/8 | ARI@HOU | HOU | Justin Verlander | 40 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT | Y |
Start/Sit Color-Coded Matchups Chart (September 2 - September 8)
The below grid shows the same data but as a color-coded grid:
